The launching of the destroyer ‘Tejo’ in the river Tagus – shipyard Rocha de Conde d'Óbidos, Lisbon, with the presence of the President of the Ministers Council.
The 70th anniversary party of Abade de Baçal, in Bragança, April 1935.
The ceremonies of the 11th anniversary of the 28th May. Parade in Lisbon in the presence of the high-level officials.
Episodes of daily life in the region of Beira Baixa, its monuments and industries. Views of Sabugal, Caria and Quadrazais. Images of the bottling of Caria’s Water and of a wild boar hunting.
Incomplet. The film follows the arrival in Lisbon of a UFA delegation to shoot some of the scenes of Estupefacientes/Der Weisse Damon (Kurt Gerron, 1932) and its french version (Stupéfiants).
A film about chestnut groves. Images of chestnut harvesting and processing, chestnut roasters and street sale.
Newsreel on the 5th International Congress of Vine and Wine: car tour across Portugal, parade of folklore ranches from the different farming regions.
Views of Estoril – casino and garden, villas, hotels and palaces, beach, train station, tennis court.
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Portrait of the film director
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Notes on the work of film director José Branco Gomes Barata.
Notes on the team work; set still of Fernandez Tomaz.
A letter to the periodical on the authorship of the film «Angola» (1930).
Criticism on the weaknesses of the Portuguese documentary films included by law in every cinema-shows.
On the film potential in the domain of tourism. An incentive for that type of film.
On some weaknesses of the protection law stipulating the inclusion of 100 m footage of Portuguese documentary films in commercial scéances.
Notes on the first film exhibitions in Portugal and on Portuguese early films.
Notes on the huge development of documentary film, namely in Germany.